Monday - July 29

Sport

Walking

38m 41s

Early morning walk with Emma

Doing a bit of planning for this weekend's trip. Confirmed that there is a lap pool in Waynesville. In fact, it looks like the rec center is about three miles from our hotel. We're staying about 30 minutes from Lake Logan.

On Friday, Setup posted on Facebook that the water temperature at Lake Logan was 66 last week.

Currently, the forecast for the weekend calls for sunny and mid to low-80s with light winds.

I don't know why I'm wound up about this weekend. I think because I just like going out to western North Carolina. This is an event for me, not a race. I'm certainly not peaking for it. I just want to have a fun weekend with Kevin and Emma.

Saturday - July 27

Bike

3h 22m 58s

64.88 miles

19.18 Mi/hr

I had big plans to meet the Doug, Karen, Meredith, Tom and other CSH regulars for this ride. I got to the ride start, made my way through packet pickup where I saw Tom and Gordon, went back to my car and got my bike, went back to the pre-ride area. I saw Tom and Gordon again but none of us could see Doug or the others. Hmm. The ride started, we continued to hunt for Doug. Tom and I lost Gordon pretty quickly. He was riding with another friend (not someone I know) and I think that Gordon was sticking with him. No problem. Tom and I got stuck together throughout the ride. Finally, as we were about to leave Maple View Farms rest stop, we saw Doug and Meredith roll in. We were literally clipped in and rolling away and we decided to just go on at that point. The ride was good. It’s fun to be out with such a large group of riders! The rest stops were disappointing this year. Yeah, it’s nice that they have ice cream at the turnaround and at the end but that does not fuel a ride.

Wednesday - July 24

Bike

2h 03m 48s

38.71 miles

18.76 Mi/hr

Oh Melo Velo group ride. The hammerheads zoomed ahead pretty quickly. I rode with three other people and the four of us had a nice ride. It was getting very dark due to storms popping up in the area and we decided to U-turn at Wilsonville.

Run

16m 38s

1.80 miles

09m 15s /Mi

Grabbed Emma for a short run off the bike. We heard thunder but did not get wet.

This route has more "shade breaks" and is more appropriate for days like today (and last Tuesday) that are 90 degrees or hotter. Today's assignment: run 60 min (z2) with 3x3 min @ 5k pace with 3 min between

Sport #1

Core Training

15m

Pre swim core workout

Sport #2

Stretching

05m

√ Run tonight!

I mapped out a new route that goes over to Waterford Green instead of through Haddon Hall. Hopefully that will be shadier and more appropriate for days like today (and last Tuesday) that are 90 degrees or hotter.